The Medicare eRX Program and Rural Health Clinics
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Recently, there has been some confusion about the Medicare eRX program and the incentives / penalties. For RHC physicians, they are exempt from this since Medicare does not take into account the place of service code 72 on the Claim that indicates an RHC.
Thus RHC providers are exempt from both the incentive and the penalty.
To the degree they are ePrescribers via their EHR along with the other Meaningful Use criteria, RHC physicians will of course get the Meaningful Use incentive.
For any non-certified RHCs, physicians will need to continue to report G-codes to Medicare for the scripts that are sent electronically.
To view CMS’ information on the eRX program, click here.
